Seoul is about 40 kilometers from the Korean DMZ. This
gives
the crazy man across the boarder something to threaten:
the
ten million residents are essentially hostages. to Kim
Jong's
threats.

I propose that a New Seoul be built far out of artillery
range
from North Korea including
all infrastructure, offices,
stores,
warehouses, schools, and industry and that residents be
given an incentive to move.

more threatshttp://www.nytimes..../asia/13nkorea.htmlSEOUL, South Korea  North Korea renewed its threats on Saturday to destroy South Korean propaganda loudspeakers, vowing a merciless strike that could turn Seoul into a sea of flame. [Voice, Jun 12 2010]

Not unheard of, really... throughout the long history of the Earth many ancient cities were relocated when apocalyptic earth changes forced rivers to re-route themselves.

But then again...

Moving an entire population of people thousands of miles may seem excessive to those who think a much easier solution is just to take out the nutty little tyrant with the Don King bouffant. (a bun for gumption [+] )

//I bet their gunners are// frightened of American
counterbattery
fire, yes. Of crossing the DMZ, no, not if all they're
ordered to do is blackmail the South Korean government by
lobbing shells at Seoul.

From wikipedia "the Republic of Korea Armed Forces is one of the largest standing armed forces in the world with a reported personnel strength of 3,695,000 in 2008 (655,000 active force and 3,040,000 regular reserve).... I would think that it was very unwise to annoy them too much. They also have nuclear weapons and a small android in a brown suit with a brain the size of a walnut, whose every word they must obey to the letter.

[morrison_rm]//none of the people in the DPRK would
have
any really useful skill//
I have a notion that, following reunification, the "aunties"
(is
that the right word?) who created the North Korean grey
market would rip through the South Korean economy like a
chainsaw. Those women are *real* entrepreneurs: they do
what they must or their families starve. In the West, we
haven't seen rapacity like that since the days of
Rockefeller,
at least. But I can't claim to have discussed this idea with
any South Koreans.

Aw screw it.I wanted to join the air-force when I was younger. I wanted to fly jets but I'm flat footed, near sighted, and it looked like I wouldn't break 5' 8" there for a while so three strikes, I was outta there. All of those things have since changed but I think my chance at flying jets has passed by at about mach 9.

Here's the thing though, I just wanted to fly jets.If Canada were under attack I'd probably be there with my 22 and slingshot if that was all I had, but if they tried to make me go to a foriegn country and kill people...well, then they'd have to find me first.

//in favour of sonic attack.// Quick show of hands - who is aware of Hawkwind's "song" of the same name? Come to mention it, have we talked about this before - it feels like a familiar conversational node.

Surround North Korea with "Iron Dome" rockets and
then take it over and free its people by inserting a
normal Ill replacement, so they continue bowing down
to the leader, but slowly are released from their
subduing behavior, and learn how to think for
themselves and cooperate with the rest of the world,
by the new leader's decree.